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On Wednesday in Jerusalem a statement noted that the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Robert Serry was “outraged” that Hamas did not supply adequate security for a preplanned protest at the United...

The Israelis and their wealthy and powerful Jewish lobby worldwide like to paint a picture of themselves as standing on a morale high ground in dealing with human rights issues. However this doesn't appear to be the case to the Palestinians....

On May 17, 1957, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. denounced "all types of conniving methods" that were being used to prevent black Americans from voting. Unfortunately, those conniving methods recently havebeen resurrected by the Republican...

Professor Alan Dershowitz of Harvard Law School was described by Newsweek as “The nation’s most peripatetic civil rights lawyer and one of its most distinguished defenders of individual rights. The Forward named him “Israel&rsquo...

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday pledged $212 million of immediate U.S. aid to the Palestinians, bringing the total to over $400 million. The pledge was made at an international conference in Cairo, where nations and organizations...

Hunger is increasing in Gaza because of massive displacement from the conflict with Israel. The UN World Food Programme (WFP) is providing food aid, but some programs have been stopped because of low funding.A WFP report says that its regular...

While the U.S. media and members of the U.N. continue to condemn Israel for protecting its nation and people against the constant attacks by the Muslim terrorist group, Hamas, GateStone Institute correspondent, Mudar Zahran spoke with several...

Sanctions Beginning To Squeeze RussiaSigns that Russia is feeling the pinch of Western sanctions have appeared in an article in an Eurasianet.orgarticleThe article cites a call from Russia for Kyrgystan to increase its produce and meat exports to...

The recent Israeli/Hamas conflict, dubbed by Israel as Operation Protective Edge, once again highlights how the accuracy or inaccuracy of news reporting in this volatile area can influence opinions. Both sides have a vested interest in pushing...

The Gatestone Institute, an international policy council reported on Sunday that Mahmoud Zahar, the leader of the radical Islamic terrorist group, Hamas, told worshippers on September 5, 2014 that if the West Bank had one quarter of the weapons...

If Dearborn, Michigan was Gaza, West Bloomfield would be the Israeli city of Ashkelon. Imagine Hamas firing deadly rockets from Dearborn into West Bloomfield day after day, week after week, month after month. The city council and mayor of Dearborn...

This is part one of a series discussing the Palestinian and Israeli situation. It is important to revisit the historical context as readers want to know and understand it as objectively as possible. Israel was born as a nation just shy of a month...

No Winners In GazaFor a detailed look at the most recent Palestinian/Israeli agreement, a complete recap has been published in the Jerusalem Post. Among the items left for long term discussions is the opening of a seaport for Gaza and the...

The ALS ice bucket challenge has taken the internet by storm, as thousands of people have dumped ice water over their heads and donated to research for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, commonly known as Lou Gehrig disease. As one trend becomes even...

Concern in the U.S. and Israel continues over the welfare of a New Jersey religious student, who has been missing since Friday during an outing with a friend outside Jerusalem.Rabbinical student Aaron Sofer, of Lakewood, New Jersey, went missing...